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SHADE RING FOR HANGING LAMPS.

N0.341,661. PatentedMayll, 1886.

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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE-O CHARLES A. KINNEY, OF MERIDEN,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ED\VARD MILLER & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

SHADE-RING FOR HANGING LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3%1561, dated IMay 11,1886.

Application filed Mai-chi), 1886. ScrialNo. 194,010. (Nonmdehl To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KINNEY, of Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inShade-Rings for Hanging- Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view of the shade-ring; Fig. 2, a top view of the same;Fig. 3, a transverse section cutting through the point of connectionbetween the lamp-supporting frame and the ring; Fig. 4, a transversesection cutting through one of the adj usting-screws and hanger; Fig. 5,a perspective view of the hanger detached. r

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of thatpart ofa hanging-lamp fixture commonly called the shade-ring that is tosay, the ring to which the frame carrying the lamp-fount is attached,and to which the chains from above are also attached, and which ring isalso adapted to support thelampshade.

The object of my invention is the construction of a sheet-metal ring ina single piece, and which may be struck and spun into shape to give therequisite strength, and also at a cost slightly, if any, greater than acast-metal ring; and it consists in the construction of the ring, ashereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

The shade-ring is worked up from sheet metal by spinning operations orby drawing and stamping. 1

A represents the central portion or flange of the ring-that is, the partof the ring which projects inward, and to which the lamp-frame andhanging devices are attached. It also serves as a seat,against which theupper flange of the shade may rest. From this ring the metal is turneddownward, and then returned upon itself to form the vertical rim B. Byturning the metal back upon itself the rim B is double in thickness, thetwo parts being worked close together in the turning process,

and preferably the lower doubled edge, C, is turned outward to add tothe lateral strength of the rim. The metal extends above theflange, andis worked outward into a crown shape, or

any desirable ornamental shape to form a crown or finish to the rim, andwhich will hide the attaching devices on the flange.

E represents one part of the lampholding frame, which is secured to theflange Aby the usual nut and screw, as shown in Fig. 3.

The hanging devices, usually three in number, (represented at F F F,Fig. 2,) arestruck of L shape, (see Fig. 5,) the vertical leg or of theL pierced to receive the suspendingchains. The horizontal leg I)terminates in tongues d (Z.

The flange A is. constructed with a slot, e, at points where the chainattachments are to be made, up through which the leg to is passed, asseen in Fig. at. The tongues dd are turned up through slots f, and thenstruck down upon the upper surface, as also seen in Fig. 4, which makesa firm union between the parts and without solder. The inner edge of theflange A may be turned downward, as indicated in Fig. 4., to addsomewhat to the strength of that flange.

The set-screws G, for supporting the shade, are introduced through therim B, as seen in Fig. 4.

The double thickness of the rim 13 gives ample support for theset-screws, and makes the whole structure very much stronger than whenof a single thickness, as in the usual construction of sheetmetalshade-rings.

The ring may be made ofa highly-ornamental character, and, owing to itspeculiar construction, possesses a strength, if not equal to a castmetalframe, fully sufficient for all practical purposes, and, being made in asingle piece without soldering or brazing, its construct-ion is cheapand durable.

I claim 1. The combination ofashade-ring for hanging lamps, constructedfrom a single piece of sheet metal, the lowerportion turned inward andreturned upon itself to form the double lower rim, B, the edge of theinner thickness turned horizontally inward to form the flange A, theouter thickness extending upward to IOO cure the shade in the ring, andwith means, flange, the otherleg, b, lying beneath the flange,substantially such as described, whereby the with a tongue-likeprojection therefrom turned ring may be attached to the suspending deupth rough said slotf and down upon the upvices and a lampsupport attachedto said ring, per side of the flange, and lampholding sup- 5substantially as described. ports attached to the said ring,substantially I5 2. The combination ofashade-ring for hangas described.

ing lamps, provided with the inwardlyard jeeting flange A, havingslotsef formed there- I WVitnesses: in, with. the L-shaped hanger, one leg,a, of GEO. L. COOPER,

IO which extends up through the slot (Z in the V. A. BRECKENRIDGE.

CHAS. A. KINNEY.

